# Lightgroups **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps & Clients\ **Created:** [July 8, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/lightgroups/92206 "2017-07-08T23:25:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![JDRoberts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/jdroberts/32/56577_2.png) [@JDRoberts](https://community.smartthings.com/u/JDRoberts)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/lightgroups/92206/5 "2017-07-09T01:13:29Z")
> [@PhilB](#): > > If you mean in the SmartThings app, I don’t know of that ever being a feature. No you certainly could have a routine that turns on a group of apps and turn them on with one button push. Light groups were originally called “shortcuts.” And they did appear on the dashboard. The feature Disappeared in September 2015: > [@Smartthings give me back my dashboard and shortcuts](https://community.smartthings.com/t/smartthings-give-me-back-my-dashboard-and-shortcuts/23274/): > > I use to love to be able to look at the dashboard and see if some lights are on if there’s motion, if all my doors are locked closed etc. Now the only thing on the dashboard is the short cut to smart home monitor its really pointless. The other big grip is yes it’s automation but I’d like to still easily turn on groups of lights with shortcut and you took the ease of that away. I don’t want to have to create a routine when it use to be so easy. Anyway it really bums me out, I was so excited about the new hub and after reinstalling all of my devices and locks I find this out. It was like a kick in the jewels and a ha ha got yah. Please fix this only Apple assumes they know what’s best and refuses to fix their mistakes. _No longer available, but this is what it used to look like:_ ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/original/3X/f/f/ff6e49cbe019ea2adb9e9be82b10f9f490784815.JPG) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.smartthings.com/t/lightgroups/92206)._